Horizons Communications

Relevant experience includes:

• Responsibility for the operation and maintenance of a differential global positioning station located in Bahrain, which forms part of a GCC chain of stations.
  • Provided accurate coordinates for merchandizing vessels which utilize the Global Positioning System (GPS).
• Tasked with raising necessary recommendations on policy, regulatory, and operational matters through regular participations in the assembly, council, and technical committee meetings of the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT).
  • Responsible for the provision of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), as part of its portfolio of satellite communications services.
• Responsibility for the management of the maritime identity numbering resources in accordance with the relevant International Telecommunication Union (ITU) resolution.
  • This also includes the assignment and conservation of identities that are assigned to vessels and navigation systems.
• Represented Bahrain as part of the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications Delegation, and actively participated in conferences and meetings which included (among others):
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • World Radio Conference (WRC),
  • Assembly Meeting of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
  • IMO’s primary committee (Communication for Search & Rescue) which is responsible for the development and implementation of GMDSS
  • The National Strategic Committee for Spectrum Management and the relevant International Spectrum Management sub-committee.